There are lots of pages before this, I didn't take the time to go through them all but I think I have a neat idea if it hasn't been discussed yet.
The ability to give commands to the sub and then sit back and let the sim run until something happens. For instance, you could enter in instructions to the sim like 1) sail via waypoint A-B-C on the surface 2) make sound dives every four hours 3) sweep radar once every hour, etc. Then the sim runs those instructions with your chosen level of time compression. If your soundman hears something on a sound dive, the sim stops or plays a sound or does something and lets you know. If you're jumped by a plane the sim stops, alerts you and waits for your next command.
There's a lot of blue out there (and the Pacific is so much larger) and I can't tell you how many times I wanted to just let the computer run as I did a load of laundry or watched tv, or was out of eyeshot or earshot of the computer, etc. I think certainly type IX enthusiasts will appreciate this and even the smaller patrols. Even running at 512 TC it takes a while to get to your patrol zones and if you want to be historically accurate and take sound dives and such, you have to sit there for hours just to reach your patrol zone.
But I do like sailing to the zones! I don't want that to be removed, just a way to set instructions and leave the sim running and not have to constantly check on it. What do you think?
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